What happens when you combine a bidding system with grid drafting? Well, that's what I was trying to figure out. I came up with the mash up on the airplane, so it's only a rough idea at the moment.
How it works:
- Create a 4x4 grid of cards.
- Starting from the top left corner and moving across the top, number them 5, 10, 15, and 20.
- Do the same moving down the left side.
- Now, to see how much a group of cards costs, your start at the most left card of a row, or the most top card of a column, and move across/down as many cards as you want, then multiply the number of cards you took by the value of that row/column.
- For example, there's an Umezawas Jitte three spaces from the left and three down, so I grab that card, and all cards before it (either above or to the left), then pay points equal to (number of cards taken) x (point value of row/column). In this instance, it'd be 45 points.
- Finally, the player ends their turn by sliding all cards in a row or column to the left or top respectively, then replacing the taken cards from the cube.
The point system: Everyone starts with 300 points, and goes through 20 rounds, gaining 10 points per round, then builds their deck.
I'm eager to hear your thoughts/questions/concerns, as I'm sure this isn't perfect. I do think there's the seed of an engaging 2-4 person draft format though.
Timetwister and Time Spiral are good because you can use your extra mana afterwards. In a spell heavy deck, this will act similar, but most of the time it gives your opponent first crack at the new cards, which isn't good.
Shifting Sharpshooter2RW
Creature - Human Soldier {R}
When ~ enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
1W: Exile ~ with two time counters on it.
Suspend 2 - RW
2/2
I had it 1W because the bolt was the red part and flicker was the white part, if that makes sense. I could change it to 2 time counters from the flicker.
Lotus Peddler1R
Creature - Merchant {R}
When ~ enters the battlefield, you may exile an artifact card in your graveyard. If you do, add RRR to your mana pool. I knew he sold me the broken one...
2/1
Vorhal Drakos1RR
Planeswalker - Vorhal {M}
+1: Add R to your mana pool. If that mana is spent casting a creature spell, that creature has haste.
-3: Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
-7: You get an emblem with "Sacrifice a Mountain: It deals 2 damage to target creature or player."
{4}
How it works:
- Create a 4x4 grid of cards.
- Starting from the top left corner and moving across the top, number them 5, 10, 15, and 20.
- Do the same moving down the left side.
- Now, to see how much a group of cards costs, your start at the most left card of a row, or the most top card of a column, and move across/down as many cards as you want, then multiply the number of cards you took by the value of that row/column.
- For example, there's an Umezawas Jitte three spaces from the left and three down, so I grab that card, and all cards before it (either above or to the left), then pay points equal to (number of cards taken) x (point value of row/column). In this instance, it'd be 45 points.
- Finally, the player ends their turn by sliding all cards in a row or column to the left or top respectively, then replacing the taken cards from the cube.
The point system: Everyone starts with 300 points, and goes through 20 rounds, gaining 10 points per round, then builds their deck.
I'm eager to hear your thoughts/questions/concerns, as I'm sure this isn't perfect. I do think there's the seed of an engaging 2-4 person draft format though.
Shifting Sharpshooter 2RW
Creature - Human Soldier {R}
When ~ enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
1W: Exile ~ with two time counters on it.
Suspend 2 - RW
2/2
Acceptable or too weak now?
Here is a Mother of Runes alter by Sandreline.
Yeah, commissioned through French alterist Sandreline. The art that she integrated the power into is by Alfonse Mucha in the art nouveou style.
Creature - Merchant {R}
When ~ enters the battlefield, you may exile an artifact card in your graveyard. If you do, add RRR to your mana pool.
I knew he sold me the broken one...
2/1
Vorhal Drakos 1RR
Planeswalker - Vorhal {M}
+1: Add R to your mana pool. If that mana is spent casting a creature spell, that creature has haste.
-3: Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
-7: You get an emblem with "Sacrifice a Mountain: It deals 2 damage to target creature or player."
{4}